SPORTS
By Aaron Wilson, The Baltimore Sun | May 2, 2013
Ever since their season ended, former Towson quarterback Grant Enders and wide receiver Gerrard Sheppard have been honing their timing with a regular series of throwing sessions. Now, the undrafted free agent rookies are eager to put that rapport to work at the Ravens' three-day rookie minicamp that starts today at team headquarters. Sheppard agreed to terms on a three-year contract, while Enders is attending the minicamp on a tryout. Both had hoped to hear from the Super Bowl champions ever since taking part in the Ravens' local prospects day in March.
SPORTS
By Matt Vensel | May 1, 2013
The Ravens waited until the seventh round to draft Elon wide receiver Aaron Mellette on Saturday evening. But the wait felt much, much longer to Mellette, who some analysts believed would come off the board earlier in the draft's final day. Soon after the Ravens called his name, though, Mellette was already thinking about what he will need to do to make the jump from the small-school Phoenix to the Super Bowl champion Ravens. “I've just got to come in and learn the playbook and figure out new ways to get open because what we did in college is more than likely not going to work in the NFL,” Mellette said Saturday evening on a conference call.
SPORTS
By Matt Vensel | April 27, 2013
The 2013 NFL draft is over, and looking back at what the Ravens have accomplished this weekend, it is fairly obvious that they wanted to focus on defense after slowly rebuilding the offense over the past few offseasons. As I wrote in this space earlier this weekend, I like the selection of Florida strong safety Matt Elam and Kansas State inside linebacker Arthur Brown . Both are capable of starting as rookies. I still don't know much about big Southern Missouri State nose tackle Brandon Williams , but he figures to have a meaningful role this year, too. On Saturday, the third and final day of the draft, the Ravens used three of their seven draft picks on defense, making it six of 10 picks overall, including their first four.
NEWS
Sports on TV | April 26, 2013
FRIDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS NASCAR Sprint Cup Hansen 400, qualifying SPEED5:30 Nationwide Richmond MASN27:30 MLB Orioles@Oakland (T) MASN9 a.m. Cincinnati@Washington MASN7 Atlanta at Detroit MLB7 Cubs@Miami WGN-A7 Orioles@Oakland MASN210 C. base. Purdue@Michigan State BIGTEN3 Minnesota@Iowa BIGTEN7 NBA play. New York@Boston, Gm. 3 ESPN8 San Antonio@Lakers, Gm. 3 ESPN10:30 Denver@Golden State, Gm. 3 ESPN210:30 PGA Champions Liberty Mutual, 1st rd. GOLF12:30 Zurich of New Orleans, 2nd rd. GOLF3 LPGA North Texas Shootout, 2nd rd. (T)
ENTERTAINMENT
By David Zurawik and The Baltimore Sun | April 26, 2013
Nationally, the TV audience for the first night of the NFL draft was down a bit from last year, but Baltimore tuned in in a big way. ESPN's round one coverage earned a 4.6 overnight rating Thursday, according to preliminary Nielsen figures supplied by the channel. That's the third highest-rated overnight since round one began airing on Thursday in 2010. That year's telecast earned a 5.4 rating, while last year's Thursday night coverage scored a 4.8. Locally, Baltimore finished fourth among metered markets behind Buffalo, New Orleans and Kansas City.